am 7.10.03 15:39 Uhr schrieb Nancy Gish unter [log in to unmask]:

> Dear Gunnar,
>
> You're preaching to the choir.

Not necessarily, dear Nancy.
There are lots of tacit Bush admirers on this list, just take Eugene, our
patriotic Wall Street poet or Ken A. ... Not too many would admit it,
though. It's kind of an embarrassing thing, like having bad breath or
athlete's foot.

> But as I always point out, Americans
> did not, in fact, "trust" to Bush.  They voted for Gore by half a
> million.  After 9/11 there was such terror here that people truly
> needed to believe in someone.  Bush seems to have squandered
> that.  His is now back down in polls to where he was before it, and a
> solid majority of Americans believe we are "seriously on the wrong
> track."  I don't know if that poll has been reported where you are.
> Plus the leak of a CIA operative is a big problem for him--especially
> since his father ran the CIA.
>
> California, on the other hand. . . . . .

And they did it again!
After turning a third rate actor into a President.

That's pretty sickening. Goes to show what show biz can do.

This was how a jerk like Berlusconi became Italy's President:
He simply owned most Italy's TV channels...

> Nancy